Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36310893›Full record

ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2022

Outcomes After Revision Fixation With Cement Augmentation for Failed Intertrochanteric Fracture Fixation in Older Adult Patients.

Fernando A Huyke-Hernández, Arthur J Only, Megan Sorich, Naoko Onizuka, Julie A Switzer, Brian P Cunningham

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Geriatric proximal femur fracture updates.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fernando A Huyke-HernándezDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, USA.
Arthur J OnlyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, USA.
Megan SorichDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-8268
Naoko OnizukaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, USA.
Julie A SwitzerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-1643
Brian P CunninghamDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, TRIA Orthopaedic Center, Bloomington, MN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-2451

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Intertrochanteric (IT) fractures that fail fixation are traditionally treated with arthroplasty, introducing significant risk of morbidity and mortality in frail older adult patients. Revision fixation with cement augmentation is a relatively novel technique that has been reported in several small scale international studies. Here we report a clinical series of 22 patients that underwent revision fixation with cement augmentation for IT fracture fixation failure. Methods: This retrospective case series identified all patients that underwent revision intramedullary nailing from 2018 to 2021 at two institutions within a large metropolitan healthcare system. Demographics, injury characteristics, Charlson Comorbidity Index score, and surgical characteristics were extracted from the electronic medical record. Outcomes were extracted from the electronic medical record and included radiographic findings, pain, functional outcomes, complications, and mortality. Results: Average follow-up after revision surgery was 15.2 ± 10.6 months. Twenty patients (90.9%) reported improved pain and achieved union or progressive healing after surgery. Most of these patients regained some degree of independent ambulation (19 patients, 86.4%), with only 5 patients (22.7%) requiring increased assistance for their activities of daily living (ADLs). One-year mortality was 13.6% (3 patients). Of the 5 patients (22.7%) that experienced complications, 2 patients (9.1%) required revision hemiarthroplasty for subsequent fixation failure. The other 3 patients did well when complications resolved. Conclusions: Revision fixation with cement augmentation can be an effective, safe, cost-effective alternative to arthroplasty for the management of cases involving non-infected failed IT fracture fixation with implant cut-out or cut-through limited to the femoral head in older adult patients that have appropriate acetabular bone stock.

Indexed as

cement augmentationfragility fracturesgeriatric traumaintertrochanteric fractureosteoporosisrevision fixation

Identifiers

PMID36310893
PMCPMC9608033

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.